Benjamin Franklin Jones (New Jersey)

Benjamin Franklin Jones (31 December 1869-26 September 1935) was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (R) in 1900, succeeding David Ogden Watkins and preceding William J. Bradley.

Biography
Benjamin Franklin Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1869, and he was admitted to the New York bar in 1897. He then moved to Maplewood, New Jersey, where he became involved in Republican politics, and he was elected to the General Assembly for Essex County in 1899. Jones also served one term as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1900, and he went on to serve as a district court judge in Orange from 1906 to 1911. Following his retirement, he served as Essex County counsel for three years, and he served as President of the Essex County Tax Board from 1917 to 1920 and as a Government Appeal Agent during World War I. He died at his home in Maplewood in 1935.